No where does NIST even address the mechanism for the collapse of the towers.
False. You clearly haven't bothered to read even the executive summaries or the NIST
FAQ. How can you presume to argue against the "official version" if you don't know what it is?
Their own models do not show the collapse proceding the way they claim
Present your evidence. Now would be good.
They had to "tweak" the models to get the outcome of the collapse.
This is not what a 'TRUE' scientist does! Tweak the models until the result gives you what you want.
Had you bothered to read the report, you would see all the examples of NIST "tweaking" the inputs downward, assuming less damage, in order to match real-world observations. Why can't you conspiracists get a grasp of the fact that NIST was modeling an event that happened in the real world?
Wrong! The information needs to be anylized and provided. If I analyze a product for failure, I don't just quit because I determined that it could only break in one fashion. I prove it through experiments or imperacle evidence. NIST did NEITHER!
Empirical. And yes, they did. Please read their report, and respond to specifics in it.
Actually, they really did not "prove" anything. Even many Structural Engineers question their hypothesis, which is what it is, and claim that they have flaws in their analysis.
Where can I read their peer-reviewed papers? Oh, that's right, there are none.
Tons and Tons???? Where did this "tons" of fuel come from??? There was no fuel in WTC1/2, and if your refering to jet fuel that was burnt off within the first 5 minuts. So what "tons" of fuel are you talking about???
You absolutely have to be kidding. Here are some of the things that would have comprised that fuel:
– Up to 180,000 gallons of fuel oil, diesel fuel and transformer oil (a high estimate)
– 2,000 automobiles and trucks. Not all were burned, but a large percentage were (I'm not aware of a count) Each one with fuel on board, each with four tires, foam and fabric upholstery and carpeting, engine oil, rubber hoses, belts, weatherstripping, wiring harnesses, loads of plastic, paint.
– Carpeting. Doesn't sound like a big deal. Imagine going into your local carpet dealer and asking for installation for your living room. Dimensions: 20 feet wide, 65 miles long. Add carpet backing or padding to that.
– Tens of thousands of miles of wiring covered with plastic insulation.
– 5 million square feet of painted surfaces.
– Hundreds of tons of wood and particle board.
– Millions of pounds of paper
– 20,000 viscoelastic tower shock absorbers.
– Tens of thousands of computer terminals covered in plastic.
– Hundreds of tons of trading-floor equipment.
– Tens of thousands of telephones covered in plastic.
– Thousands of fax machines covered in plastic.
– Thousands of copiers and toner cartridges covered in plastic.
– Thousands of computer peripherals: printers, scanners, hubs, zip drives (remember them?), millions of CD-ROMs and floppy disks. User manuals for everything. Calculators. Everything covered in plastic.
– All of the electronics above have plastic-insulated wiring and plastic circuit boards.
– About 75,000 chairs, most with foam padding and synthetic coverings.
– Hundreds of upholstered couches.
– Millions of plastic pens and markers.
– Tens of thousands of cardboard boxes
– Tens of thousands of plastic wastebaskets
– Tons and tons of flammable mailroom supplies
– Hundreds of supply closets filled with office consumables, including untold quantities of paper and plastic.
– The contents of the receiving areas: perhaps thousands of boxes of supplies
– Thousands of flammable items used by repair and maintenance crews.
– The contents of over 100 retail stores, with all their merchandise, shelves and display cases, and back rooms filled with stock in boxes. These include 18 clothing stores, several bookstores, newsstands, card shops, two music stores (plastic!), two consumer electronics stores, pharmacies.
– The contents of Windows on the World, the highest-grossing restaurant in the U.S. and one of the largest, with all of its supplies, oils, table linens, wall treatments, upholstered furniture, etc.
– The contents of numerous other restaurants, cafés and snack bars.
When you stop to think about it, it really adds up.
Some sources for the liquid spill info, and general WTC pile fire info:
http://wardgriffin.com/fire.htm
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/meeting/pdf02/kahnp.pdf
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/capconstr/f.../appendixl.pdf
http://www.renewnyc.com/content/pdfs..._materials.pdf
http://www.renewnyc.com/content/pdfs/eis/Appendix_D.pdf
http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntn20242.htm
http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/WTC%20Part%...se%20Final.pdf
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3189/osha3189.html
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/NCW/8142aerosols.html
http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/NISTNCSTAR1-1A.pdf
Really??? So then one of them should look different, right?? They both look identical! Even WTC7 fell in a nice little pile!
False.
They did not! They state so in their Q&A! They did not even touch it. Did not test the steel for chemicals that would indicate the presence of explosives or not. This is NOT Scientific. You test for it and if it is ruled out thne it is ruled out. You don't just ignore it because YOU don't believe it to not be possible. Only lazy or fly by scientists do that!
How about "high-energy weapons," Remove? There is just as much reason to believe that they were used as there is to believe that explosives were used. Why aren't you calling for the Reynolds/Wood/King/Fetzer death beam scenario to be tested? This is a serious question.
Gee, I wonder why they now are keeping quiet??? Could there be a threat involved?
No, because their story is preposterous.
Sorry, that was NTSB but I'm sure you knew what I meant! After all I have mentioned it about a half a dozen times here already. Let's not show any thinking ability that it might be a typo!
By law, the FBI is the lead investigative agency in aviation crashes where criminal activity is suspected. The NTSB was involved at all crash scenes and in the analysis of the data recorders. What's your problem with that?
So you're saying that what was by far the largest criminal investigation in history simply didn't happen? That's an interesting take that I haven't heard before.
Rumsfeld had his people digging up things on Sadam so Bush could invade Iraq only hours after 9/11 happened. This does not sound like a focused investigation when you have a large portion of your faculty focusing on finding anything they can to invade a soverign nation because this is what you wanted from the start....
Name a single one of the 7,000 FBI agents involved in the investigation who was "focused" on invading Iraq. Please do this as soon as possible. I'm very curious to know what you come up with.
NOPE! They did not wish to investigate it at ALL! They, Bush, Refused because he knew the longer he could hold off the more evidence could be destroyed. Did you know that it is a FEDERAL CRIME to remove evidence from a crime scene???? Not one person was demoted or fired. Yet several people were promoted.
Name the law that was broken. As soon as possible, please.
Dr W. Gene Corley, head of the building performance assessment team, in his testimony to the House of Representatives:
"There has been some concern expressed by others that the work of the team has been hampered because debris was removed from the site and has subsequently been processed for recycling. This is not the case. The team has had full access to the scrap yards and to the site and has been able to obtain numerous samples. At this point there is no indication that having access to each piece of steel from the World Trade Center would make a significant difference to understanding the performance of the structures."
http://www.house.gov/science/hearings/full02/mar06/corley.htm
"Team members toured what was left of the 16-acre World Trade Center plaza, interviewed officials and eyewitnesses, and examined remnants of fallen structures at the Staten Island landfill and at salvage yards. Steel samples were cut and catalogued for further study, and some were taken back to WPI for analysis (see the "deep mystery" of melted steel)".
"The investigation consisted of visiting Ground Zero, a survey of the WTC site, land-fill and steel recycling centers, review of videotape records, eyewitness accounts, interviews with building design teams, and analysis using computer models."
http://www.engr.mun.ca/~csce/Page_files/events/upcoming/National_lecture_2003.html
HMMMM.... I would love to be promoted at my job for screwing up and killing thousands of people
Who screwed up and killed thousands of people? I thought the terrorists were the murderers. Provide names, please, and the specific crimes they committed. As soon as possible, please. I'm VERY interested to hear your response.
People who screw up get fired not promoted.... The 911 commission was a white wash.
Then you won't have any trouble naming one false conclusion in the 9/11 Commission report, and providing evidence to back your claim. Please do so as soon as possible.
Anything new, then, Remove? Or are you just here to rant foolishly?
And if you're going to continue posting, please be considerate to others and use the quote button. If you do not, others must then edit your posts when replying to you.